Once again a large question mark has been thrown over antidepressants. A major analysis of previous studies shows that the effect of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI’s) is no more than placebo (a non active sugar tablet) in mild and moderate depression....
There is a steady stream of information coming out about the downsides of medications and particularly long term use of medications. Medicines are trialed over relatively short periods of time but can then be taken for five, ten or even twenty years. Trials done over...
Here is something that might surprise you. Eating some chocolate (please note some, not truckloads) is good for you. Easter is the time of year when we all indulge our love of chocolate. Yet at some point before Easter Sunday we will see a humorless health official...
It is with some shock that I discovered that a pharmaceutical company is doing a trial of antidepressant use in children as young as seven. The stated purpose of the trial is to compare Paxil to placebo for eight weeks in children and adolescents aged seven through...
One of the things one tends to do when in another city is use public transport. And so it was that I was waiting for a train at Sydney Town Hall Station when the billboard caught my eye.”7 out of 10 Australians will suffer a mental health illness” was the headline....
